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“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”
― Warren Buffett

“The intelligent investor is a realist who sells to optimists and buys from pessimists.”
― Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor

“People who invest make money for themselves; people who speculate make money for their brokers.”
― Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor

“And back in the spring of 1720, Sir Isaac Newton owned shares in the South Sea Company, the hottest stock in England. Sensing that the market was getting out of hand, the great physicist muttered that he “could calculate the motions of the heavenly bodies, but not the madness of the people.” Newton dumped his South Sea shares, pocketing a 100% profit totaling £7,000. But just months later, swept up in the wild enthusiasm of the market, Newton jumped back in at a much higher price—and lost £20,000 (or more than $3 million in today’s money). For the rest of his life, he forbade anyone to speak the words “South Sea” in his presence. 4”
― Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

“If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”
― Simon Sinek

“If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”
― Steve Jobs

“And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.”
― Jim Rohn

“Start with the end in mind. ”
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“We met for a reason, either you're a blessing or a lesson.”
― Frank Ocean

“You are responsible for your life. You can't keep blaming somebody else for your dysfunction. Life is really about moving on.”
― Oprah Winfrey

“You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
― Jim Rohn

“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
― Charles Bukowski

“Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
― Alexander Graham Bell

“Everything you can imagine is real.”
― Pablo Picasso

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.”
― Pablo Picasso

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
― Pablo Picasso

“Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. ”
― Pablo Picasso, Pablo Picasso: Metamorphoses of the Human Form : Graphic Works, 1895-1972

“It interests me how we find ways to feel superior to another person, another group of people. It happens everywhere, and all the time. Whatever we call it, I think it’s the lowest part of who we are, this need to find someone else to put down.”
― Elizabeth Strout, My Name Is Lucy Barton

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”
― Warren Buffett

“Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.”
― William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet